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AOOS Board
Anchorage, October 17, 2014
• IOOS Association
- Treasurer & EXCOM
- Retreat in August
- National budget
- Certification
• Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP)
- Inactive at this point – last 3 meetings
cancelled
• Arctic Observing
- IARPC planning teams
- Data services for Arctic programs
• NAS Gulf Program
- Strategic plan completed
- New committee now in charge
Alaska Activities
Community Based Monitoring Workshop
STAMP Workshop
AOOS 10th Anniversary (Dugan report)
EVOS Gulf Watch Alaska Program
Preparing for next 5 year cooperative agreement
Tracking Alaska Arctic Policy Committee – science needs
NWAB Science program
Ecological Forecasting Workshop
March Board Meeting Follow-up
Tribal board member
TEK expert for DMAC
University of Alaska/AOOS follow-up
Strategic vision/planning (“Out of this world” group)
Use of AOOS data at SFOS
ADF&G & ERMA meetings
• Multiple proposals funded
2 for IOOS marine sensor technology program (freeze-up detection and ocean acidification); 2 as
partners to NPRB long-term monitoring (Seward Line & Chukchi sentinel mooring); Kenai Peninsula
Fish Habitat (CIRT tool enhancements); Arctic Marine Biodiversity; MARES; Arctic Eis
Observing System Highlights
Marine Operations
- Successful launch & retrieval of Norton Sound buoy
Partners in Nome to take on storage, maintenance, deployment
- Cook Inlet buoy fixed, to be deployed next season
Engagement from recreational boating community (survey)
- New web cam, AIS & weather station at Kenai River mouth
- Targeted stakeholder workshop (first of several planned events)
Observing System Highlights
Coastal Hazards
- Shoreline profile database – underway
- Collaboration with Weather Service, LCCs and CO-OPS
- Geodetic leveling of community tide gauges
- Pilot development of short-term water level stations
- Color indexed maps
- Wave sensors in Beaufort
Observing System Highlights
Water quality including Ocean Acidification
- OA Burkolator at Seward shellfish hatchery
- PWS expanded monitoring: gliders and tour boats
- Ecological Forecasting: focus on HABs, pathogens,
invasive species
Observing System Highlights
Ecosystems, Fisheries & Climate Trends
- Biophysical mooring in Chukchi
- Pilot hydrophone on glider for marine
mammal tracking
- Arctic Animal Tagging Network
discussions
- Success and continued progress on Yukon
River forecast; AYK salmon data
- Aleutian and Bering Climate Vulnerability
Assessment (Tyler report)
Data System Highlights
AOOS system now fully HTML5
Improved catalog navigation
National SOS test complete
IOOS Systems integration test underway
This year’s work plan: focus on metadata and data
ingestion; develop iPhone app, AOOS lite
MOA signed between MXAK and AOOS, Canadian DFO
& AOOS
What’s coming? Vessel tracks, Shorezone/station, Fish
Atlas, Historic Sea Ice Atlas, improved sensor map UI
Oct 21-22: AK Sea Grant Advisory Committee
Oct 28-31: PAG & DBO workshops, Seattle
Ocean Acidifict ion in Al aska
Nov 5-6: IOOS Assoc, WA DC
Nov 18-20: Gulf Watch AK PI meeting
Nov 19: AOOS 10th Anniversary Event
Dec 2-3: OA Workshop in Anchorage
Dec 10-11: Structured Decision Making (SDM) Workshop,
Aleutian and Bering Climate Vulnerability Assessment
Learn about it. Discuss it. Offe ideas on wh at to do about it.